RESEARCH
The Resume That Ended Everything
Meet Bill. Bill runs ops. He’s been with you eight years. He’s dependable. Gets stuff done. You trust him. Then one Tuesday morning, Bill receives an email from one of your clients. It has a resume in it. They highly ...
Cyber Trends
The Windows 11 Time Bomb Your MSP Forgot to Mention
Let me tell you a story. It starts like most horror stories do—with a false sense of security. I sat down recently with the CEO of a well-run, 250-person company. Smart guy. Good business. Solid MSP. We talked shop: headcount, ...
Microsoft Just Extorted You. Here’s What to Do About It.
You don’t have to upgrade to Windows 11. That’s the good news. The bad news? If you don’t, your business is about to enter a slow, painful spiral into cyber vulnerability and operational chaos. Right now, people are calling Microsoft’s ...
Well, That Didn’t Last Long: Why Your Cyber Strategy Can’t Be Based on Headlines
Not even a full week. That’s how long we had between a glimmer of good news and a fresh slap of reality. Just a few days ago, security analysts were celebrating. Ransomware payments, they said, were down. A win! Maybe ...
Business Resilience
Part 2: Coffee or a Crisis: The CEO’s Choice in Cybersecurity
Last time we looked at why tabletop exercises matter and how they can reveal the cracks business leaders don’t notice until ...
The Silent IT Risk That Can Wreck Your Company Value: Tribal Knowledge
When CEOs and CFOs think about cybersecurity risk, they think about hackers, ransomware, and data breaches. What they do not think about is the way their own IT teams operate—and how that internal process can make or break the company ...
Could Your Business Survive a Cyberattack? (Most Can’t—and Won’t)
The US bombed Iranian nuclear facilities last week. The result? A “spectacular military success,” sure—followed immediately by the Department of Homeland Security warning that Iran’s state-backed hackers (and a gaggle of bored ...
Security Best Practices
The Cybersecurity Test You Think You're Passing (You're Not)
We were just running a security assessment for a 150-person company last week. Nice organization. Professional. Fancy logos on their trucks. Well-funded. And in about 11 minutes, we were inside their network. Here’s how it started: We sent an email. ...
Why Every CEO Needs a Cyber Incident Response Playbook
Why This Problem Lands on Your Desk When a cyber incident hits your company, the first call usually goes to IT. But very quickly, the responsibility shifts to you and your leadership team. Regulators, insurers, customers, and even the media ...
The Cybersecurity Gap That’s Costing You Everything—and No One's Telling You About It
You’ve made the investments. Your team has security tools in place. You’ve got someone managing IT. You’ve had the compliance audit. On paper, everything looks fine. But there’s a problem. A big one. No one on your team can clearly ...
More Articles
The Big Cyber Awareness Lie
So you’ve got a training program. Your IT team told you it was important, so you signed off on it. Now, every so often, your employees sit through a “cyber awareness” session or get hit with a surprise phishing test. ...
Copilot: Your Best Employee or the Hacker’s Dream Intern?
Let me paint you a picture. You finally convinced your team to use Microsoft Copilot. Productivity is up. Reports get written faster. People are actually excited about technology for once. But then someone clicks a link they shouldn’t have. Happens ...
Why Compliance Won’t Save You (But Ignoring It Will Destroy You)
Let’s talk about hospitals. They are compliance machines. Entire teams dedicated to checking boxes, filling binders, and making sure they pass audits. They dot every “i,” cross every “t,” and sleep soundly knowing the paperwork is perfect. And yet—ransomware crews ...
You’re Required to Get a Cyber Audit—Here’s What That Means for Your Business
If your business handles customer data in any meaningful way, California just made something very clear: you will soon need an independent cybersecurity audit—every year. On July 24, 2025, California finalized new privacy regulations under the CCPA. These new rules ...
Small Business, Big Exposure: California’s New Cyber Law Hits More Than You Think
Think you're too small to worry? Think again. On July 24, 2025, California approved new cybersecurity rules that don’t just apply ...
The Keys to Your Digital Kingdom Are Already Stolen
Let me tell you a scary story. Imagine you go on vacation. You lock the doors, set the alarm, and feel pretty good about your security. A week later, you come home—and there’s a stranger on your couch, eating your ...
Your Best Employee Might Also Be Your Worst Insider Threat
You probably think of Copilot as your trusty sidekick. Always eager. Always ready. Always there to help you find the files you need in seconds. But have you ever wondered just how eager it really is? We were inside a ...
The Cybersecurity Gap That’s Costing You Everything—and No One's Telling You About It
You’ve made the investments. Your team has security tools in place. You’ve got someone managing IT. You’ve had the compliance audit. On paper, everything looks fine. But there’s a problem. A big one. No one on your team can clearly ...
What You Need to Consider About AI—Before It Turns Your Business Into Its Playground
The AI Intern Is Already Clocked In—Are You Managing It, or Ignoring It? AI is not a future trend. It’s already embedded in your business operations. Whether you’ve authorized it or not, employees are using ChatGPT, Bard, and Copilot to ...
Your Smallest Clients Are the Biggest AI Risk
Let me tell you how this all started. Someone asked me—half joking, half serious—why we added an Acceptable Use of AI Policy Builder to Cyber Liability Essentials, our lowest-tier product. Why not put it in the high-end package and charge ...
Your Employees Could Be Putting Your Business at Risk Without Knowing It. Here’s How to Stop It.
You have good people. They work hard and want to do the right thing. But when it comes to cybersecurity, even a small mistake can bring your whole business to a stop. An employee clicks on a fake email. Another ...
Why Every Business Needs a Written Information Security Plan (WISP)—Before They Learn the Hard Way
What Is a WISP? A Written Information Security Plan (WISP) is exactly what it sounds like: a formal, documented plan outlining your organization’s security program. It spells out the policies, procedures, and responsibilities for protecting your company’s data. Think of ...
